Resolution 265-1999
Board of County Commissioners
RESOLUTION NO. 265 -1999
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERAGENCY WATER QUALITY
MONITORING AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY COMPLIANCE LABORATORY
IN THE FLORIDA KEYS.
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Health regulates On-site Treatment and Disposal Systems
(OSTDS) for residential and small commercial use and the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection regulates larger wastewater treatment facilities for multifamily and larger commercial
uses; and
WHEREAS, recent changes in the Legislation, governing the use of both OSTDS and larger
wastewater treatment plants in Monroe County, require compliance with nutrient reduction
standards; and
WHEREAS, similar proposed changes in the County's 2010 Comprehensive Plan will establish
these same nutrient reduction standards in the Monroe County Code; and
WHEREAS, there are extensive monitoring requirements for both OSTDS and wastewater
treatment plants obligated to meet nutrient reduction standards; and
WHEREAS, there will be a great deal of monitoring required of OSTDS and wastewater
treatment plants. as additional treatment facilities are permitted, as older systems are upgraded,
and as wastewater treatment facilities in general are all retrofitted by the year 2010 to meet these
nutrient reduction standards; and
WHEREAS, sending compliance monitoring samples to private certified laboratories or to State
laboratories in Tallahassee can be both time sensitive and very costly; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of such a laboratory would significantly reduce the burden on
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WHERE/,S. the Water Protection Program for the Florida National Marine Sanctuary has
recognized the importance of creating a water quality monitoring and wastewater compliance
monitoring laboratory; and
WH EREAS, Strategy W9 of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan
requires that a study be completed to assess the feasibility of establishing a compliance monitoring
laboratory in the Keys; and
WHEREAS. there are additional reasons for establishing a water quality monitoring and
wastewater treatment facility compliance laboratory in the Florida Keys, including (1) general
water quality monitoring and (2) assessment of human health risks from both bacterial and viral
pathogens; now. therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
that the Florida Department of Health. the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the
Florida Legislature, including the County's local delegation, and the Governor and Cabinet work to
establish a water quality monitoring and wastewater treatment facility compliance monitoring
laboratory in the Florida Keys.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at a
regular meeting of said Board held on the 9th day of June. 1999.
Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey
ommissioner Shirley Freeman
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-;\.,_:i.CQrl'irGlssioner George Neugent
.;.<~'?'.';:'. f"qqmmihioner Mary Kay Reich
,~.(r~\Bi,..'~?~.,.~isfl,.c:>ner Nora Williams
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Depu Clerk
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Mayor/Chairman
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